silvestrii, Leporinus Boulenger [G. A.] 1902:284 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 9 (no. 52) (art. 47); ref. 14846] Rio Coxipo, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Syntypes: (several) BMNH 1902.2.10.32 (1), MSNG 14866 (3). Type catalog: Tortonese 1961:184 [ref. 10343]. •Valid as Leporinus silvestrii Boulenger 1902 -- (Johannes 1999:16 [ref. 24121], Garavello & Britski in Reis et al. 2003:78 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Leporinus obtusidens (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Britski et al. 1999:78 [ref. 24147], Britski et al. 2012:450 [ref. 32317], Litz & Koerber 2014:8 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:13 [ref. 35117]). •Synonym of Megaleporinus obtusidens (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Koerber et al. 2017:18 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Megaleporinus obtusidens (Valenciennes 1837). Anostomidae. Distribution: . Habitat: freshwater.